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Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, mathi chatti curry / sardines cooked in earthen pot. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Mathi Chatti Curry / Sardines cooked in earthen pot is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look fantastic. Mathi Chatti Curry / Sardines cooked in earthen pot is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

Sardines cooked in mud pot is known as "Mathi Chatti curry". Sardines are such a versatile seafood and can be. Line the masala coated fish on the top of banana leaves.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook mathi chatti curry / sardines cooked in earthen pot using 21 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Mathi Chatti Curry / Sardines cooked in earthen pot:

1. Take 700 gms Cleaned Sardines, medium size
2. Prepare To grind:
3. Take 3/4 cup grated coconut
4. Make ready 4-5 garlic cloves
5. Get 2 inch piece fresh ginger
6. Take 1/2 tsp fenugreek seeds
7. Take 2 tsp coriander powder
8. Take 2 tsp chilli powder
9. Take 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
10. Prepare To make the curry:
11. Get 2 tbsp coconut oil
12. Get 2-3 green chilli, slit
13. Take 2 tbsp shallots, minced
14. Make ready 1 small tomato, diced
15. Take 2 sprig curry leaves
16. Make ready to taste Salt
17. Prepare For Tempering: 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
18. Take 1 tbsp Coconut oil
19. Get 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
20. Make ready 2 whole red chilli
21. Get 1 tbsp shallots, sliced

Bring to boil and cook on low flame till the curry is cooked. Remove from fire; sprinkle some coconut oil on the top of curry and keep. In a mixer jar, add roasted coriander seeds, methi, jeera, red chillies, curry leaves and grated coconut. Pulse it few times and add water and grind to fine paste.

Steps to make Mathi Chatti Curry / Sardines cooked in earthen pot:

1. Soak the typical kerala cocum in warm water.
2. Grind together the grated coconut, ginger, garlic with dry spices and ½ cup water to form a smooth paste and set it aside.
3. In a traditional large mud pot heat oil add onion and sauté for 2-3 minutes. Reduce the flame and now add fish and the ground paste.
4. Add the diced tomatoes, green chilli along with soaked coccum. When the gravy is about to boil add in the Sardines and salt. When it starts to boil lower the flame, check the salt, put on the lid and allow it cook on low flame. This will take around 12 - 15 minutes maximum.
5. In another pan heat 1 tbsp of coconut oil, add ½ tbsp. mustard seeds and let it splutter. Add the sliced onions and whole red chilli and allow it to brown. Pour this temper over the Mathi / Sardines curry and cover with lid for some time. Covering the gravy after tempering is the key step for the tempering flavor to amalgamate.
6. Yummy spicy Mathi Chatti curry is ready to be served with hot rice.

To a clay pot/manchatti or heavy bottomed vessel, add tamarind juice and turmeric powder. Cut all the fins and scales of sardines with a knife, rub it with little salt in an earthen ware and clean them in clear running water. Take a small bowl and all the spice powders and pour little coconut oil or little warm water to form a paste. Grind it in a mixer and keep it aside. Sardines cooked in mud pot is known as "Mathi Chatti curry".

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